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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, 

Cl|;i|ir , - iCajii|rir5f|l 1)o. 
rMTr::> states of .uiekka. 



Jl;^ 5ity of F(oa9ol^e, l/ir^ii^ia. 



WRITTEN AND COMPILED 



FRANK H FA^Lol '* !^ai]i 



P9;^i\ ILLUSTRATED AND PRINTED 




/In InJu5lri(iI Inv^^^ion. 




N imjuiUc i)f cncri;)' and cubital fr 
of tlic Southern rcyioii. marks tl 
of thr Century of progress which 



he North, along the highlands 
.sing years of the nintli decade 
jmarkable. not oiil\- because of 



Its spontaniet)-, but also because it h<is been so long deferred. 

That favorite field of exploitation, the boundless West, has of 
late years exhibited reactionary tendencies. It no Icmger yields its 
m^ tiibute of prcifit to the confident investi.ir. ,uul tens of thousands of 
thosL \\Ilo Iiave suffered the rigors of its prolonged winters .ue held sinijily 
b\- their inability to convert their hard won possessions into portable shape. There is an o\(_-r- 
plus of cereals and an undersupply of metals. So it comes about that the \'ast rejiositories of 
ores and coals in the mountains of X'irginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky, (ieorgi.i and 
Alabama, long since known to the world, at least b\- rumor, are Uiiw laid under trilnite. The 
bearers of the tlieodolite are bus\- striking lines of approach for numerous lailroads athwart the 
broad areas known to be rich in workable ores. 1^'or the first time in thirty )-ears the balance of 




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year ju>t [).wscii, in favnr ..f llic Southern 

Statc>^. Alnui-t lor-nttcn >clu-mcs for 

Connection^. e.\ten>ions an.l terminals of 

,l| Ion;4 exi-tin- lines have Ijeen revived 

I' and put under way. There is, in brief, 

activitN- e\-er\\\here. 

>^.^^\ .Mthou-h in .ictu.il pr. .duction of pi^^r 

'""~f__ _^,,^ ir-n \"ir-inia has thus f.ir been out- 

^' stripped !)\- se\-eral of her si-ter .States 

I^^ - of the South, the ni.ist recent calcul.i- 

B, tions tleinonstrate that in the present 

5' ratio of increase she stands .it the head. 

1 The che.ip .md excellent cokes of the 

I-l.it To], re-ion. deliverable at the doors 

t<. -aether with the discovery of the ISasie method of 

!y .idapt themselves. ,ire the 



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of the furnaces with ,i minimum of . 

which scores of new ,ind ambitious \-oun:^' communities in \'irL;inia arc t(;-da\- attractin_^- t( 



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lu'iusL-lvcs imiui-rants, wuikiiKii, capitalists and busiiuss nicii <if varied pursuits as fast as tlie 
rains can l>rinL; thcni. A liberal policy <.f treatment upcui the j.art of the X.-rfdlk and Western 
>;aih<Md and the Shenand..ah \'alle\- Kailn.ad further stimulates this ninNement at numerous 
)oints alono their main lines, and lateral stations have been built or are under wa\- which in ])oint 
if arcliitictnral st>le. are onl\- e.pialed b\- those orn.itc dejiot structures usuall\- seen in tlie 
•icinity of the lart;er eastern cities. The costly "inns." also maintained b\- these railroails. are 
anions for their excellence. 

.So much b_\- \va_\- of prelude. It is the especial ])ro\-incc of this book to deal more with the 
)ud<linL; fortunes of the Lii\ <<\ R. 'AXoKi:, which, .is the junction i)oint of tlie two t^'rcat lines of 
ailroad traversiiiL,^ the mineral territ..ry of \'ir-inia and the lie.id(piarters of the executive forces 
,f those lines, is the central point of the whole svsteni of development thus brietiv outlined. 



via the Norfolk and Western Railroad, and J 



It -\;-'. miles west of Norfolk. 

les south of }Ia-erstown, Mary- 
l.md, \ia the .Shen.indr.ah Valley Railroad. Double daily express trains ]>ass throu-h Roanoke 
each wa_\- over both of these r.iilroads, with unbroken sleeping; car service from aiul to Xorfi)lk 
upon the former line, and from and to New ^'ork vi.i llarrisbur- an. I I'hil.ulelphia upon the 
latter, ,is well as with Bristol, Knoxville. Atkinta and Memphis via tlu' l-.asi Tennessee. \'ir-inia 

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and GeorL,na Air Line. In point of time Roanoke is distant, under cxistin-- schedules, from 
New York about sixteen hours, from Phihideli-iliia abe>ut thirteen h.mrs, fn.m Washington 

^. It hours ,ind from X.,rfoIk nine h..urs. 
The approach to Ro.uioke hv either of 
, .,ie U'lnible route, lei.ls tl 
//4fe ^^'^^'^^=4,^ " thi.uuli isuee.sMon <.f pietures,|uev,dley: 




nd\ swLipm^r ,,1 J <j;-rand cur 
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\r^'""^'^- ^^; .S?ta^i^ 'MlJ ^""'"^^ '^^"''" ^"" '"' *''" "'"^ ''' tliehne 

^~~^'''~°^^^ ' ^^ lie henih uo.dcd uid tlie valleys be- 

REMDEXCE.UFCC. FHIGERCNDMR P ^ POPC .NMSTHAVr .t ^ ^^ ^ ^ ,^ ^^_^_ l^.pLCl.dlx HI thc viciuitV of 

Roanoke, thoroughly cultivated, xicldin;^ excellent crop.. The remarkable 1 .inM_\- Cuerns and 
Grottoes of the Shenandoah and f.mious Natural Rridije of X'iryinia are upon the m.iin line 
of the Shenandoah Vallev Raiho,,,!, these to<,rcther witil the superb scenerx' of tile James and 



Slicnaiuloali Rivers attr,ictiii;4 many thciusaiuis nf people amuiall\- who incidentally form some 
])a-sing aeijuaintance with Roanoke. 

The altitude of Roanoke is (joj feet ab.ive tide-level, which is in the immediate vicinity of 
that i^ieal plateau which in every country produces the most hardy, enterprising and intlomitable 







:es of |)e.iple. In the valley of the Roanoke the conditions for the healthful and ; 
lintenance of a very large pojiulation seem, as one contemplates tliem, almost perfect. 



The swift little Roanoke River, haviiii,' its headwaters in the mountains to the westward 
Hows southeasterly upon its hint; journey tn Albermarle Sound and skirts the margin of tlie town, 
its beil beiu'; for a lon;T distance tlironL;h ,i deep and pictures.pie ravine which f.irnis a most 
attractive feature of that section of the city wisely reserved for park purposes. While drivini,^ in 
the \icinity of the city one encounters a number of clear rapid streamlets. alwa\-s fordablc, 
aud-pleasin;4 both to the eye of the artist and of the more matter-of-fact inxx-stor. 'I'hese become 
the sluices which remo\c the danL;ers of pollution which lurk' in so man\- ])opulous places. The 
natural drainaL;e of Roanoke is one of its most advantageous attributes. 

Tiu- two r.iilro.ul lim-s meet at ,i union station in the heart of the city, their resjiectixe tracks 
occui)>-ini; either si<le of the extended sheltered ]il,itform. To the eastward are the yreat machine 
works, the pioneer industry, occupx-ini; the trian.L;le between the converL;ini; tracks of the two 
r.iilroads. To the westw.ird is an extensive system of sidin-s. I'pon the ri-ht a> one alights 
from the \\est-boun<l tr.iins. ujiou a roumled hill (piite near the station, is the handsome " Oueen 
Anne" Hotel Roanoke, now in process of enlari^enient. .md opposite, the quaint ;nul room\- 
buildiuL; of the Norfolk and Western Railnud Comjiany's -eneral ^>iTiCi>. Those of the Shenand.i.ah 
X'alley R.ulro.ul t'omji.an)- .ux- upon b'fferson .Street to the left, and but a step from the station. 
The solidls- built bu-iiu-ss section is nearl\- altOLjethcr t.. the south of the railroad tracks, and 
beyond this busy hi\e, upon the crest of the ridye half a mile or more awa\-. along the streets 



leading thereto and off toward tlie broad high phiteau of West End, there are many scores of 
tasteful and expensive detached houses, each different in some degree from its neighbor, yet all 
embodying those agreeable details of outer shape and of interior finish which are now the delight 

of the modern-hiime architect. These residences are 
alwa>-s set in the center of pi, its sufficiently large to 
admit of well-kept lawns. All thi.s has come to pass 
within the last six or seven years. To be sure, at that 
period Roanoke had cease.l to be Big Lick. The 
machine works and one furnace were in operation. 
The Hotel Roanoke was open for guests, and the 
h.uidsome general iifTices <ff the r.iilroad company, already 
referred to, were there; but in 'S3 the tot.il population 
was probably not greatly in excess of 1,000 souls. In 
'87 there were 8,500 residents, ,ind it is confidently- 
expected at this writing th.it the census agents will 
be able to report a total population of 20,000 when the\- knock at Ro.uioke's doors. 

.Six or seven years ago the business of Roanoke was chiefly m.iint, lined upini one or two 
brief streets, lined with cheap and temporary structures. Some of these still rem.iin, affording a 




marked contr.ist to the fine brick, stone and iron blocks now s.i numerous, and it is only 
reasonable to jjresume tint in another \-ear or so the--.e remnants of the city's former contlition 
will have nearly all disappeared. All of the yarden-crowned hillside... now occupied by 

the hoin.-s .,f the bu>y jie-plc ,,f Ro.moke. 

where her churches and schools n,.w 
ad.)rn tlle scene, were only ne-lected lots. 
It is manife-t. therefore, that the people 
who h.ive, shoulder to >houlder, de\.,ted 
>evc'r,d of the be>t years .,( their lives U, 
the work which has m.ide Roanoke wh.it it 
is to-day. are clearly entitled to be he.irtily 
proud of wh.il the\- cm now .sh,,w the 



Ro.moke li.i- f.iirly uoii her title, •• The 

Stand. ird I'.e.irer of X'ir-ini.m rro<;re^s." 

.\nd till-. 1-. but the b,-.L;mnm-. 1 here is no la-L;inL;. There seems ,i .pudity m this upl.md 

,itmo-,i)here which imiHU the worker >'\er onward. There is much yet to do, F.very hotel i^ full 




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<if in<|iiircr^ with iiimuy to in\i-,t; witli iicnplc ulio want tn learn how ami where to locate and 
hec-onu- a part of this stiniulat in- wide-awake population. H.inies must he huilt for them 
constantly, farther and farther away from the center of thin-s, with a -limpse here and there 
of the mountains where the m.unin;4 and the exenin;^ sun touches them with such tender L;lor\-. 
Then tlie stri-ets are yet to he pi'rfected. grade crossin-s aholished, and man\- \acanl sjiaces to 
he aci]uired and l)uilt upon. Computation of the population ii\e years hence is ,ill c;uess-work, 
more likely to he under than al.oxe the fact when it develop.. .s,, j^oanoke says, throu-h Iter 
newspapers, throu-h lier daily correspoiulence, and lastly lhn:u-h this little ho,,k. to the rest of 
the world. -C-ome .and lend a h.md : we'll -ive y,.u .m even chance, and it will be your own 
fault if \ou ch.n't make it p.iy." \ow for some details. 

K()uI'()k(>'S TllllllOriliPS. ^'^•'' <"'^ '-'-"'"' "'--^'^'^ '""1 authority is vested in a mayor and 
council, com[)osed of representatix'e citizens, who meet frequenth' 
for the promotion of the conmion good .md are united upon all ipiestions of progress. 

FiircvIKT>S. '^'"'' '''^>''' assessment of property values for the year I S90 will amount to about 

,S'\o(x.i.cxxi. The tax rate is $1.10 upon Skx3.oo. The St.ite tax is four mills, and 

there is no count}- tax. ( )utstanding bonds are S'.s'i.OOO, to which should be added ^J ;o.OOO 




flf^ rccenti)- voted for the Roanoke and Southern Railroad 

( referred to elsewhere) and for the cuistruetion ..f 
overhead Liridyes aen.s^ the tracks of the lines n.Av 
traversinL;- the cit\-. I'nder the law. the l.onded debt can- 
not exceed I 5 per Cent, of the taxable propert\- of the city. 
The bonds run for 30 years at 6 per cent, interest. 

PuLIic Builclin^^s. '^^'ij^ t;tiv"i'''"n!"r't"'"'' ' 

ture. costing but $17,000, is anii)le for the pi'oper 
prosecution of the business to which it is dedic.ited. and 
is centrall\- located. Imniediatel)' in the rear is the jail, a 
solidly buUt stone structure, cntainin- 3-^ cells. A bill 
betcu'e congress f.ir the erection of a large and creditable 
go\ernnient building has been favor.ddy reported, and 
will <loubtless p.iss. This will be a graceful recognition 
upon the part of the national authorities of the enviable 
iiosition of Roanoke .mn.ng Southern mount, un cities. 



crry coirt hois 



I1()I(*K 111 this ivspcLt. altlKni-li fnrthc past >car lu-r capabilities for entertainment lia\ 

heen often put to severe te-t. the eit_\- is well proxiiK.l. The i)ioneer of the lar^,' 

hotel> is the attractive lintel Roanoke, ouiie.l hy the Norfolk an,l WeMern Railroad (/ompan 



mil locate 



(lance of piazza sjiace. It 

per. torni one of the most 

■th or .South affordin- a 

is l.ein- Iniilt upon the 



i> not too mucli to s.iy that the l.road ]» ,rclu-.. cla.l with \'ir.-inia 

restful ,uul .i-reeahle spots in the entire city. There .are few lioteK \. 

more IxMUtiful outlook. .\t the present time ,i lar,L;e an.l io-,tl\- .idditi. 

western side, .md when this is done the ■■ Roanoke" will cont.iin I ;( i bedrooms, and will have ,i 

fronta-e to the south of 300 feet. In .a.ldition. t he extensive :.;rounds will be great ly embellished. 

it is under the m.in.i-ement of Mr. JMed I'.. Foster, who .dso has char-e of the Norfolk .md 

West.rn R.iilro.id ( -ompany's - Inns." ,it R.idfor.l. I'ulaski .md P.luetlelds. 

The City Hotel. ,it the corner oi jeffers.,n Street and I'-irst .\venue. is ., fo„r-story brick 

travelin<,r men. 

hotel, cont.iinin- 130 rooms, is ,,ppro.ichin- completion. Another new hotel just bein- finished 
is the Continental, direct l_v facin- tin- depot. 

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I']) Jefferson Street, just beyond tile rail- 
-o;ul L^eneral office IniildiiiL,'. is tlie Ilc.tel 1-elix, 
:(intainin_L; 75 rooms. 

Tlu' Palace II,,tel is ako ,,,,p,,Mte the 
iepi.t, and contains ;o l>edr(M>nis. 

i.avtly is .Marshall's new European Hotel 
md r.ife. 



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sun,, are so cm-tant. hank.n.^r ,ac,ht,es are -^f'-fe^^^ ^'i^YJ' -' .'"TA 

neces.ualy lar.e. [ Ih ^^^ ^CX.,,^ C x ^ 

The I-'ir-t Nati.-n.il ji.mk has a capital -^ ^^'i'^\p3)iSmf^'- 1_^^ 

of SUKUHK) and .1 Mu-plus ,,| Sjo.oou. II..n. 11. .S. Tn ut i^ piesident md Mi J W shields c i-^hi 1 

Tile Nati..nal Ivxchan-e liank, liaNin;,' a capit il (t SKouou and ;jj:;uuo m ^o\cinmcnt 
l.ond-, 1. ..fficered l,y T. T. l-i>hl,uriu-. Rs.)., ..s presid. nt md 1 1! iishhuine I mj is c ishici 

Ihe Citi/eils' liank, XMth J. 1!. Le\\-. F.s-i.. as jiusidciU m.l lolin Ott I sq is ,,shlet. 



The Commercial National Bank has §100,000 capital and §10,000 burplu 
J. W. Coon. Esq., is president, and K. J. C. Davenport, Es. 

The Traders' Eoan, Trust and Deposit Company and th< K m kelius 
Loan and Safe Deposit Company, each with $loo,000 capit.il ti ms ict < 
large financial business. 



ScIlOoK '^'^'^ '■^^" P'-'^^''^ schools have an enrollment 

of scholars in regular attendance n( about 

1,600. The buildings are both creditable to the city. 

There are also nearly 400 pupils in the colored school. 

The new Alleghany Institute, located upon a 
sightly ridge north of the city, has just been completed. 
It is a fine structure. Rev. Dr. C. F. James is principal. 

In a picturesque valley seven miles north of 
Roanoke is the Hollins Institute, a seminar}- for \'oung 
ladies. This fine old institution numbers among its 
alumni thousands of the matrons of the .South, scattered 
through every State. It has existetl for many years, 




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founded Inn- hcfr.rc the period ..f the war. 



A tine -^truclure is hein;^ erected t..r tl 



rhe rresl)\ieriaiis maintain the l-"irst Churcli and the 

S. \V. Hethans- C-hai)el. 
X 'I'he Ch-eene Memorial AlethocHsl Chureh 

_ -- i> a hantlsnnie new lirick structure. 

I Si. .Mark's Lutheran Church is tlie okk^st 

— r' (k'nnmination.d societ\- in the cit\-. tkuintr 



F.H.^T i.RisBVTEmA.N c-,,,-.,,-,, -ll,^. Secud I.utheran Church is an off- 

shc.dt of the kist named church. .St. Joim's Protestant k'-iMscopal Church h.is Ixeii in e.xistencc 
twelve years. The Cathohcs have .St. Andrew's Church, k-cated upon hi-h kind in the suburbs. 
The "Christian • .sect have a cliurch. and another Methr.dist church, the "Lee." is k.cated in 
East Roanoke. Tiie cok.red neopk- have several churches. 



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MuFIvPIS '^" I'l'vinusly statol, the farniin- area inimciliatcly an.uiul R...innkc is very 
oniMdcrahlc an.l lii-hly pro-lnctix e of a variety -f cereals and of -arden 
ve-etaliles. 'Jllis l,.cal table Mipplx' is reinf.TCe.l l.\- c< .nsi-nnieilts from the markets of Norfolk, 
in tile shajje of hsh, ,,ysters and the like'. A market-house is maintained at a central point, 
under the present Opera House. Street markets are an almost dail_\- -^i-ht, .md -rocery stores 

/ImUSPIIKM'.IS. '""^- '"^'"^'''t'""-^ li''ve- been laid f..r an expensive and r ny Opera House 

l)uililin;^f. The present structure, devoteil t.i the purpose, is almost con- 
.stantl)- in use by theatrical companies and specialty jierformers. Din-iilt; the winter season 
man_\- <.f the t)e^t troupes up.m the road sto]) fnr a ni-ht i>r two at Ro.uioke. and with the 
])ronnsed facilities, n., duubt. man_\- others will come with whose merits the residents are as yet 



Dril^j Sl'OrP^ Se\-eral e\tensi\-e concerns, filled with the numerous articles usuall_\- carried 
in the stock of first-class dm- houses, full_\- meet the re (luireniellls ,>f the 
city in this respect. We sliouM especiallx' mention the l,u-e store of Mr. Cli.is. I.y.ill. .md that 
of Mr. J. V. Christian, both of which are widely known an.! extensively p.itn.ni/.ed. 









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Vuh>r SUj'l'Iv. '•'^■^^ ^'^'^'^ ■'"'■ ^" ^i;4n..lly favniv,! in the matter ,,f an untailin- supply nf 
clc.ir >]),irklin.L; water as is Roanoke. The spring; from uiiich tki- all 

essential lluiil is nhtaiiied is located about two miles southward from tile citx'. It is one of the 
tiiin,L;s which strani,a-rs in tile course of their enlert.iinnuMit 1)\ hospitable Roanukers are 
expected to i;-n and see. It is a pleasant dri\e out th.it way. It takes one across the ridc^e 
devoted to cotta-e home-., and all alon;.; the road, over a narrow brid-c suspended above the 
R..anoke River and dou n a Ion- lane to a shad\- copse-, where just at the base of a rocky hill the 
.sprini; rushes forth. It is certanil)- a treaMue for Roanoke. It is said that its daily outtlow 

come. .\ pair of IIolle>- pum|)s in .i substantial brick buildin- sends this water direct into 
town, liftnu: the surplus to the reser\ on- upon the lull, liehind uhere it has ,i head of JlT, feel 
ab..\e the city. The- Water (.'ompanN-, ..f which Mr. I-'. T. llrinkley is superintendent, is actively 



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lant. the l-'rien.lship ami tlie Junior Ilo.r C-onipanies have 
ibership of 130 "laddies." Ilu-y are well eipiippcl and when 
lare interval-, they have been called upon to respond to the- alarm of fire they have .shou 
themselves true fn-enu-n. and lia\ e done most effecti\e work. Tin- tirst named couipaii)- 

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>U-anRr which is cle-antiy h.,usc 



also man tht- hook and 



lIIUI12ip'r I'ioP '^^ ni-ht. the strani^LT, pririnL; fnmi tlic cu' wiiulow to i',ain a first t^limpse 

of the youn- cit>-. will l.c iniprcssc-.l with tlu- far away sparkle ..f numerous 

electric arc li-lils. The Cas (/..mpan)- has recentl)' lieiu m.'r-ed witli tlu- Water Company, 

uul its plant is hein- extended to meet the L;reatl\- increased demand upon the ;,appl\- of 



Sln>l'l K' il\\" V '' '^ "■'''' <li''l tl"-' cimpany (.peratin-- this interest will own. by the end 
.if the current \-ear, lwent_\- miles ,,f track, (.'.ipital. S :;. jd.cxx). Tlie serx'icc 
is of the sleam-dununy class, and frccpient trains run to \"int'>n. two nuks to the eastward, 
pas.^in-- the -leat :^roup of machine works en route, .ind riinnin-' ntMrl\- parallel with the 
\(Mlolk ,ind Western Railro.ul. It is now proposed to extend the western secti..u, which now 
runs ,.ut a mile or more thiou-h ■■ Melrose " on to Salem, the nearest town, at a distance of abcuit 

borders, it uill be >een that ere Ion- all this intermediate sjmcc will be peopled with a live- 
industrial suburb. A mule line is Mp^nited fn.m the Union Depot out toward the -West End." 




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TIEW NORTH WEST AND NORTB FROM ' 



the lolIi)uinL( instaiUH-< of the increase of real 
estate \alues \\vxv \\ithin a lew _\-rars. ■•MiUmns ,,f niMiie)- li.ne heen ma.K- in pr..!)erty liere in the 
last feu- years, and will enntiinie to be nia.le. To -ive -,.,nie idea ..f the hi;^ advance in ])ricc, 
a few figures are -iveii bel^w as f.^Ilows; A business Int which in iSSj sold fnr S500 was sold 
recently- for $15,000. ( )thers which sold in iSSj fur S400 tn $750 are now worth S4.000 to 
87,300. Residence lots which in' Sj and 'S3 sold for^i^o and $250 are now worth Srcxj and Sl.ooo. 

•■<Jriyin.1l price of lots on Jefferson Street in iSSj $350, S400 and S430; .s.inie lots to-day 
are worth from $5,000 to $.\).ooo each. < 'n C'anipbell .Street lots were from $^50 to $500: .same 
worth to-d.i\- from $ri.oc)0 to $15,000. These ,ire business properties. Lots for dwellin-s in 
'.S2 mm\ "S^ on Jefferson Street sold from $^50 to $400: to-d.ay the_\- are worth from $1.5^x3 to 
$4.50(1. Lewis' .uhlition in 'S3 and 'S4 sold from $150 to $300: lots to-day bring from $r,oo to 
$15,0.10 e.ich, and prices .ste.ui;i\- .idv.mcinL;. Lots around Hotel Ko.moke in ',S2 and 'S3 worth 
from $J5o to $500, now bring from $1.00.) to $4,000. K.iilro.id Avenue, oppo.site passenger 
depot, -old in 'Sj ami "S^ from $Joo to $350: same to-d,iy .ue worth from $_\ooo to $6,000 each." 

it is proper to cdl ,ittenti<in, in reflecting upon the foreg<.ing evidence of progressive 

a •'boom," in the sense th.il its prices were forced b>- rose-colored statements of agents \\\^ into 



the skies. The railn.ad companies recoo-nized the fact that this wa-, a hi-hly favorable nlace for 
a cit\-, bought most of the surroundiiiL; land, then built such extinsixe structures as to prove 
be\-onu a doubt their faith in the destinies of the [ilace. When this had all been done, the 
lands the)- held were j^raduall}- anil at moderate hL^ures s..ld to the real est.ite dealers and t" 
many persons who still hnkl them. The dealers also secured lar-e adjacent tracts of f.irm and 
-tuie 1 mds ill of which was s.ion sur\e\ed into hiuldin- l-.ts. 
I ah i.uichiser has in turn sold when it .ippe.ned u..rth nhile 
ive been almost .■xactly i;-au-e.l by 
Thus f.ir, .It least, .ill ^^hn have 
(1 lit in 1 m U have gained by the ..per.itiou, although X'ears ago 
tlicii wcic th ise who were loud in their predictions of a decline. 
\s It St mds the outlook for profitable re.il estate transactions 



A 1 icn puicniser iias in luru : 

... '1 th nituiil _,r iwth of the cit\ 




* h.is done as much good 



\SAJIT B ILDrSG 



w irk ind pcihips it might be fairly 
combmcd mtciests of the city other 



lit e\cn the 
dcine more 



to forward the ;4i>od fortune and prosj.critv- of Roanoke than the Rral Kstatc Excliaiige 






men 



are alwa\-s on the aleil to win the -o,,d will and investment of the newly arri\ed inquirer 
after yood har-ains in lands. 

The president of the organization is Mr. J-. T. lirinkl.'v. an.l its secretary, Mr. O. 1 ). Riee. 
Its rules are strict, and its principles are t.. promote li.aior.dile de.dni;^', honest representation, 
_L;,,od faith and promptitude in all trans.ictions. It is manifest th.it investors consult their own 
best interests in learnin- if the .i-ents with whom they h.i\ e dealini;s are members of this 

to submit their dealin-s to tin- criticism of their associates and the public. 



n.C ROuP.oko r7 S«»Ulh<>ri' RuilrOud. .\n In.portant f..ctor in the further extension 

of v.ilues ,uid the -n.wth of Roanoke's busi- 
ness, which will s,„,n m.d^e itself felt, is the completion of the Roanoke and Southern Railroad, 
to the bonds ..f which, .is elsewhere st.ited, the cit)- h.is subscribed the sum of Sjo(),ooo. Tiie 
otTicers of this comp.mv- .ire 11. .^. Trout, president; .s. W. Jamison, ticisurer : !■", 11. 1-ries. -eneral 
m.m.iL^er, .ind I'l. W. .\bislin. L;eiicr<il superintendent. 'These 1,'entlemen are residents of 
Ro.inoke. where the he.idqu.irters of the cori)or,ition are located. 



The line, wlicn finishctl, will extend 125 miles. It is being pushed northward from Winston, 
N. C, its southern terminal. It will sodu be open as far Martinsville, Henry Co., \'.i. The line 
after leaving Winston, which is almci>t directly west of Greensboro. X. C cros-es the Cape Fear 
and Yadkin \'alley Railroad at Walnut Cove. Through North Carolina the line traverses a 
fine agricultural section, where great quantities of cotton and tobacco are grown. Thnnigh 
Henr\- aiul I'ranklin Counties it penetrates a region where numerous rich beds of magnetic iron 
ore have been located, and it also traverses a great deal of land heavil}- timbered, including 
oak, poplar aiul walnut. 

TIio Ko^nokp MucKinp Vorks- -^" '''""''''■ '" ^'''"'' "^ ^'"^ -''^'^ '"'"^'"^'' '"''^"^'■^' 

of the cit\', recentl\- printed in a speci.d i-^sue of 
the Roanoke Z^<?/7r 7Vw,-.v, describes this concern in the following practical >t>-le : 

"The Roanoke Machine Works is the nucleus from which, in 18.S3, the cit\- started. It is a 
Isig concern, and its shops and yards coxer sex'er.il acres of ground, and gi\e emiiloN'meiit to i,Joo 
men. The site is triangular in form and lies between the tr.icks of the Norfolk ami Western 
and Shenandoah Valley Railroads, a few blocks east of the Union Depot. It is reache.' from the 
main part of the town by a high bridge extending over the .Shenandoah \'alley Railroatl yard 
covered with hundreds of freight cars stretching from east to west. 



••Tin- w.uk^ cinhiacc .six hi- l.rick huiUlin-s l.rM.Ks ,i niiiuh.r ..I" small offices and out- 
houses. Mventhin- about llu; works is conductcl on tin- strictest business i.rinci].ies. A nud- 
dle-a-ed man, with iron -ray whiskers, and weann- a blue suit of clotlies, is stationed in a small 
box-like room at the entrance to the _\ard. It is his business anion- other thin-s to furnisii 

left two or three ne-ro men in blue blouses ,ire unloadin- coal from cars stationed on 
trestle work, a few feet aboN e. Helow .ue luo hu-e piles ,,f co.,1 and Coke, respectively, 
which furnish the fuel for the immense blacksmith shop which lies just ahead. This buildin- 
is ;50 feet in len-th an.l ;j feet wide. It is dexoted exdusiM-ly to smith Work, ant! emi-loys 
about I 50 hands. 

entrance door is intensely strikin-. Jets of tlame shoot up from a Ion- line of several scores ,,f 
for-es. sparks are llx in- eve n'w here, and the -eneral clan-in- and ban-in- of hammers beatin- 

truck runs throu-h the buildin- from end to end, .and on either side ,ire stationed the f.)r-es. 
There is m. i.llin-, and it takes consider.dile alertnes-, to keep out of the w,,y of the hurr>-in- 
trucks and workmen be.irin- rods ..f he.ited iron. Ihe p,,rt of the smith shops which .attract 



an.l arc iisc.l f..r tli<- licaxy wmk and that in.t raMl\- dmic by hand. Onr <.f the hammers weighs 
fiHir tons, and can llattcn <iut a piece of iron ahiK.st as easily as a rollini; i)in can a liim[) of 
dnu-h. In the hlack-Miiitli shops all the malleable iron uhich -oes into the construction of 
l..comotives and frci-ht and passen-er coaches is handled, an.l nearly In.uoo tons of bar iron 
are used in a year. The iron is purchased from the K.^anoke Kollin- Mill, located <,n 
adjoiniiiL; L^round. 

"The next buildin-, the machine sh<ips proper, is where work is done in iron \ery nuicli 
like that done b\- carpenters in \vo,„l. (irooxes are neatly cut in ir.ni i)ars, and the met.d is 
planed .md p,.lished to the lii-hest finish. .\ .piiet hum pervades this buildin- Everytliin- about 



he shop has a neat an,l orderly ai.pearance. .\ lui-e double en-ine furnishes tl 



/hich 



moves all the machinery .nid a lar-e trax'elin- crane which runs down the center of the buikliiiL;. 
The l.itter. thoui^h easily openited by .i fourteen-_vear-olddjo_\-. has ,i carryint,' capacit\- of ten tons. 
At present there is such a gre.it pressure of work on hand that two forces of men are kept 
emijloyed there ni-ht and day. As many as 2y> men are eniph.yed in all. All of the workmen 
in the r.Muii .u'e dresse.l in blue blouses. About .ill of the work is done by the piece, and some of 
the skilled machinists make as hi-h as $135 per month. The machine shop is 3S1 feet Ion- an.l 
72 feet wide. I'.etween the machine shop and the eULjine erecting sh.ip is ;i small apartment shut 



a:i<l IsH'pt ill nnlri. Wlun a wukinan wislu-s a t....l lie -..o to tlu: wimLnv in tiu- ir.ui -ratiiiL;, 
an,! a.ivanc-s the nioiKv r-iu.il tn llu- value ol' whatever he .loire.. lie is -iveii a eheLk. and 
when he 1. thrnii;.;!) witli ihe tool he ^ets hi. niniiev hack .Mi the return ..f the Innner. 

••The eii-ine eiectiii- ail.l hniler shnp is where the 1. .c ml. U ives are e. .list ructc.l aiul the 
]iieee. ..f ir..|i that f.iriil the l..,ilers are ri\e-teil to-ether. it is 51S feel Lui- and 64 feet wide, 
rpi.ii the se\eral tracks rimiiin- thnui-h it liie.nn. iti\-i:s ari' se.-ii in \ari.>us staL,^, ...f onstrnetion. 
Here are all the wheels -listeiiin- with black i.aint f..r a new 1. .c..ni..tive and there are tw., ..Id 
.n-iiu-s heiiiL; repaired. in the ..ther eiul ..f the huildin- a d..zen or so men are claiikin- away 
up..n boilers. 

re.st. iip..n the upper walU. It est a sin, ill sized f..rtnne. and can lift an entire l..coni..tive fn.in 

and is easily ..peaale.l by a sin:^!.- man, wh.. sits in ,m in.ii i).i.x ,in.l tr.ivels up ,iiid .l..wn tile buildin.y 
with it. .\b..ut S.I ..r loo men ,ue eiiipL.yed in the buildin-. 

••riu f..uiidry shop is .ui extensive dep,irtnient in which ,ib..nl Joo m.ii are emp|..yi-d. 
I'lvi'dit ,111.1 p.isseii.L;er cu'. ,ire built in a l.ir-e structure -.mewh.U reni..v.-.l fn.m tlie ..ihers. 
•rilere is ais.. .1 l,ii-e pi, mill- mill, ..iTics recently eili,irL;e.l ,111. 1 M..r.ii;.- r<...ms. 'Ihis is 7- 



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linwcvcr, and an addition of i'<u feet is t.. I.r made. The hiacl.siuitii simp is als<, to 1, 
eliiap^ed 50 feet in length. 

"Instead ..f turniiiL;- out oidy tu.. L.c. .m. .li\ .-, per luonth, as in the past, it is inteiide. 
t.i increase the capaeitx' tu Inur per ni. .nth. In addition t<i lurnisliin- all the e<irs f,>r the Xurlul 
and Western, tile unrks have limit ears inr the Penns\lvania Kaihoa.l, the Cape j-ear ,md Wi.lLi 
X'alley, the New York, Lake haie and Western, the New N'.ak, Xeu ll.n.en ,md ll.irttnrd, th 
L.aiis\ille and Nashville, and the Central Kailro.ul of (ieor-ia. 

•• Some idea of the size of the industry eaii lie obtained hy its p.iy-roll, which was ij^ri.odo f, 
the month of Januar>-. Idle work .if the machim- shops is increasin- all the time, and keepiu- full 
up with the gr.iwth of Roanoke and Southwest \'ir-inia ni other ilirections. M.ikin- the usu. 
estimate of hve to one its l,„-o(i workmen alone ,ire sulTicieilt to make a l.iwn of (,,(i>.i 
people. Duriny I .SS. , the followin- ([uantities of material were usc.l in the shops: 11., r iroi 
;,,43<'i tons; pig iron, 5,030 tons: mke, 3,4.); tons: co.d, 11,103 f""--: Innilnr, all kinds, roun 
numbers, (1,000,000 feet." C.ipital, $5,000,000. 



TIlP ROcvnoko K()IIip/> Mill, th- concern l. not a year ..M ye,. 
^ ^ ^ * last ve.n-. It is .1 lead colored si 






Citv furnaces ami Pi 



r ,i;j.lU c.f tin- Sluiiaiulnah \-allcy Railn.a,! tracks and makes all 

,i..kr machine sIk.]... All cf the j)!- in.n c.nu-s fnnn tlu- Cro/.cr 

ic fnst ImiUlin- incliulcs c-i-lit doulilc furnaces at j.resent. F.-ur 

■ are to he- aikled shortl)-. Int.. these furnaces the pi-- in.n is iiep..sitei! ami boiled until 

.f all its sla- and cinder. 'J'he men who preside over the tiery ki'ttles are what is known 

a- -puddlers." A little ovc-r a thousand 

a.nd the hoilin- i>roce-,s reipiires about 
an hour. The temperature of the furnace 
is intensely hot. and the puddliM-s, wear- 
in- red fl.mnel shirts .in<l stri])i)ed to the 
waist. w,,rk the molten mass backward and 
K.A.v.K,: ,!,n,uN.; M,,.,,, forward by means of an in.n bar. It 

takes a -ood deal of c-xperience to tell when the iron has been boiled just eiiou-h. and the 
puddlers earn fn.m $;,.;.. t<i S4-Ou per day. The majority of those employed in the null 
come from Cumberland, I\ld. The iron comes out of the boilers in a siioul;)-. -lobular mass, and 
is fnst run ihrou-h the " sipu'czer " to dixe-t it of all its cinder>. It is then wei-hed and run 
thro\U',h .1 second heatin-. comin- out fm.dly as •• merchant l)ar." Cijiital. $yo,000. 

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TIiP JlmpriccvR l^ridvp ^ Iron fo. ■'''"■ ■^'-■--^ '^-'^'- ^^■'"'-' '"-"•'' j-^ --' 

..f Ihc Rnllin- Mill, is aiinthrr l.i- ii-.m iiulustry. 
Its main l)uildin,- is ,i lar,L;c yellow structure 2lo feet Iniioand ;j feet w itle. Tile C( Hnii.ui\- has 
I. Illy been < .rL,^uiized since March, ISS.), and work was first beLjun in June ,if s.inie \e,u-. Its 
..ftlcers are C. C. Wentwnrth, ni.ina-er; J. L. Hunter, superintendent, with .S.iniuel Walton as 

I 1 "»^- "f tl'L' pn'nciiMl proprietors. 

I In the last ei-ht months it lias done 

a business of about Sr 25,000. It makes 
11 kinds of iron used in the construction 
f r,uh-o,i<l brid;^es, .in.l some of its girders 

MIS. It ,ilso makes all kinds of boilers, 
t -ives emplo\nient to nearly 250 men, 
nd the pay roll f.ir the last month amount- 
■^ " ' '" ed to $;,000. Its Inisiness h.is increased 

wonderfully since it be-an operati.ms, and sever.il .ulditious have been made to the shojts. A 

In this .all the he.ivv castint' for furnaces is done. The foundation h.is also been l.iid for the 



f^^^^i&r I 



.Tcctinn ..I a sniiil, .m.l li.iiiinu r :,h<ii., uhicli will he Uki liy 75 fr>t in sizr al llrsl aii.l attcvwanls 
hr rxUn.Unl tc, Jiu Uct m Icii-th. .Machine ^lin,,s will als,, l,c aa>lr.l. an.l ncarl>- Iwuc as many 
nu-n iniiiloyrd. Dinin- the ])ivs.;nt xcar the c.>nipan\- cxprct l.i ihi S,:;(-)0.c>oo wcirlli ..f lnHincss. 
Ncarh- all uf ihcir work at procnt is (.amlinrd to luiiUlinL; hiiih^es fcr tlic ..Ntrnsinns (if 
tl)c Ni.rfolk and Western Railmad ami Ixulcrs for varinu- lurnaos and otlicr indu-t rics in Suiilli 
west \'ii-inia. Tiny havt' an order Inr ^^-5,000 from the Salem furnaee alone, d he v\orks are 
proxided with the best aval most imijroved maehiiier>-. and the -reat part of tlu- men employed 
are skilled l)ri(l-e eonstructor> and l.oiler makers. .Ml of the ereetm- is done l.y air pressure, 
.md all of the woik is of a heavv, ponderous elraraeter. 



Ihe .shop 



pauei 



WJl 



d se 



ide.i of the iieavy nature of the work ilone ma\- he ..htalne.l from the si/e of one of the hrid-es 
for the Norfolk and Western ro.uk in which lirid-e five of the girders wei-li twenty tons. All of 
the pl.ite iron use.l l.y the works is purchased from Pennsylvania, prmcip.dly I'ottstown. 

Suue writui" the .d)o\e. steiis h.i\ e been taken for the establishment of a pl.ite rollin- mill. 



riic Cr()/.(>i' Furp.u((>s 



.,re situated east ol the city on the line of the Norfolk .md 
Western road, and side tr.icks brin- the ore up to the very fires 
of the furnace, .\bout J;(. men ,ire <'m.ployed. The officers of tile comp.my .ire .S.miuel A. 






fW 



'II 



^ 







ZJ» 



Crn/rr. prrsick'iit. I'l.lan.l. iVmi.; W . II. Rnhins.m. ■ 
secrrt.iry. Cholcv. IVnn. Tin- nutpiit of the fi 
which i. \ahiol .It li.ilf .1 niilHnn ih. liars. 



Irlphi.i; l-r.iiKis ]■. Wcstc.n, 
it .(I'.ouo tons \>cv annum, 



J\ N(>v Furircv((>. 



]W the JK-^innin;^ of tlu- sunmu-r Ro.mokr uijl have anotlu-r furnaci-. 

that of the Roanoke Iron CoiniMnx. Il will l.e l.n-e in si/e. l.einL; 
17.XSJ, ami will h,i\e ,in outpnt of ly, tons of |,i-ir,m ])er il,i>-. It will :^ive eiui)lo>-nunt to two 
(.1- three hnn, he, 1 nun. .in, 1 is -itii.ite.l in the West I-.ncl,..n the left li.mk of the Roam.ke River. 
It li.is ,111 authorl/ed e.ipital of Sjoo.ooo, and the -reater p.irt of its stock is held l,y 
luime pc.ple. 

Joseph II. S, 111, Is. -eiier.i! in.ma-er ,,f the N'.irfolk .iiul Western R.uln.a.l. is presi,lent : 
Olin Ikall is secret, uy, an. I Henry Kin;.; is -ener.il ni.m.i-er. Tlu direct, .rs ,ire WiUi.un lUirx . 
of Sh,iin,.kin, iVnnsylv.mi.i: J. Allen W.itts, S. Ik Il.uipt, J.iiues .S. .Emmons, C. O'I.e.iry, J. II. 
.S.nuU ,uul Henry Kin-. 

Work ,.n the fnrn.ice i. keiiv.; juished forw.inl .is r.ipidly .is p,,ssil,le, .md it is tluui-ht 
tint it will he completed l.\- June. The cast lu.iise ,md the st,>ck house h.ive .ilre.idy keen 
erected, .in,l w,>rk on the st.uk ..nd stoves is well und.r w.iy. The fiirn.ice h.is an .ulmir.ible 
l,,c,iti,Mi f,.r its knsiness ,hid will l.e a v.du.ihk- a,l,lili,.n to R,,.in,,ke. 



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tn revolve it has done an ininieiise business .m.l at this time is ,,ne ..f the in.l itutions nf th<- t..wn. 
The company is incorporated, and ever\- \-ear tliey pay out in \vaL;rs and oth.r cxp.iisis over 
§40,000, which is spent ri-lit here in Roanoke. Tlieir mill i. .i fine brick structure, supplie.l with 
the most complete and improved m.ichinery. The daily output i. K.o b.irrels of Hour ,ind 300 
bushels of meal, which finds a ready sale in the country about Ro.nioke. M r. 1'.. .S. Hatcher, 
of Franklin County, pnM.lent; Mr. I!. A. Jones, superintendent and tre.isurc-r. Capital, $_' 5, 000. 
A new mil! has just begun oper.iti..ns which has a cap.icit\- of 2, ,0 b.irrels a d.i\-. It 
is furnished with tile most improved m.uhiner_\-. .md its owners are pr.iclic.il ,111. 1 experienced men 
who are bound to make .1 success of the enterprise. Mr. J. M. (l.nnbill is the i.resident of t h< 
compan\-, and this of itself is ,i yu.UMUtee of success. 

TIiP P. L. TpriT Milling fo. ''"^ " ^''""^ ^^•''"•'' '^ "'■'■'^^■'' ■''"'^'^ '"" ■""' " ''■''' 

^ rnil.-s from the cit)', .md is run by w..l. r pow.r 

furnished b>- the Ro.moke River. Th. \ have als,, ;i lar-e wareln.use in th.- cit>-. from which 
the)- ship p.itent roller llom', bolted me.il .md mill feed. The caii.icity of the nnll is ,ibout 125 
i),\rrels, and it is runnini; constantly. C.qjit.d, $2^,l)0<j. 

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Tho BrowiM-v. "- ^- 



■wiiiLr ( 



lure in 1). 



vj, 



lal stock of S-5".'»o. (lividrd into shares of §100 each. Thi; 

'resident, Herman Crueger: >ecretar\-, Charles I". Mandier: 
treasurer. \V. i'. Pent, ; cHrectors, lierni.m 
Crueller, Col. iliom.is Lewis, J.inies R. 
Schick, Joseph \V. Coxe .,nd W.dter I'. 
Huff. The Ijreweryof the conipany. which 
is sitn.ited on Norfolk .\vi-)uie, in the 
I'.,ist ICnd, covers about two .icres of 
-rouiuk A l.ir-e force of workmen are 

m.ichinery and huildin-s, under the super- 
vision of Mr. Louis Sh,,l/, m.in.i-er of 
the comp.ui), uho i. thoron-hly .icquaint- 
ed uitli the mode of ni.ikiiiL; malt li.pu.rs 
of all kinds. The companx- has ,)rdered 
from the ko.moke M.ulnne W,.rks two cxtr.i l.ir-e rcfri-er.itinL; cirs, .md .1 number of immense 
ir.ai t.mks Inau the .Amerkan Iron ,m,l I'.rid-e Works, dhey have .also ordered .i t lurty-tive4on 







1: 

if 


J 




. 


i^; 


n _^_ 


-V.-';''' 







conihincd icc-plant of an impidX'cd 
nattcrn. ca[)ablc ui niakiiv^ 10,000 
pounds r,f ice per <1 n iiid ian\'Lr 
atinL,"- 170,000 cubiL fctt 1 Hl i^om f 
pany intends to Licet i l iojki i^-c m ' 
order that their e isks uid biiiel 
can be m.ade at the biewi i\ 

Mdkin<J Icp in 5umii!(>r. 



by /III- Diamond /< < Com- V" 

piviy. The manutietuie of ^' \ _ jjT Br\ 



ice to the a\-era"e eiti/en is 5 



Ko.moke is a hu[,^e ficton 
the Di.nnond Ice Lompanj. 




TIk- <,rcntlcincii comprising; this conipatiy are well-known, and Air. I.ee Simmons, the general 
mana-er, ha- h.iil a L;re,it deal ..f exi)erience in the business. There .ire three ni,iehine.s in the 
f.ietury .m Center .Street, e.uh havin- a d.iily caineity of ten tons. When they are all ,it work 
the output is thirty tons dail)'. Nearly $55,000 capital is in\-e.ste.l in the plant, and the manu- 
f.icturers handle tlu ir own ic>-, ret.iilini: it about the city. The method pursue.l in produciuL; 
artifici.d cold .xml ice is ipiile inttrestin-. The refrit^er.itin.L; or heat-absorhini; .i-ent is now 
■ dniost in\,ni,il>]\- .immoni.i. If not .dre.idy ,1 j^.is at the ordinar\- pressure and temi>erature of 
the atmosphere, it is ch.m-ed to .1 o.is 1)\- prepar.itor_\' process, and then put throu^^h the o]R-r,itions 
of compression. Compression is accomplished b>- comjiressino the l;,is in a pump to ,1 pressure 
v,n-_\inL; from 125 to Jun |)oun.ls to tin- sipuue inch, dependin- on the temper.iture of the 
condensin- v.its used. DuriuL; the- process of compressin-" he.it is de\ eloped in prop..rti.in to 
ihe amount of pressure exerted ujion the -,is, or, c.\press,d popul.irlw he, it is s.piee/ed out 
of the l;,is. h'or the purpose of m.mufact iirin- ice this t4.is is then circul.Ued, b\- me.ms of coils, 

re-exp.mds ,md extr.icls from the pipes and the subst.mces surroundiivj; them ,in amount of 
heat ex.ictly ecpuil to th.it -iven up by it durin- condensation. The temper.iture of the brine is 
thus reduced .ilmo.st to zero. Cans of distilled ..r filtered w.itc-r ,ire then submer-cil in the brine 
which ils.lf is kept from free/in- by the presence of the s.dt. ,in<l thus the ice is produced~a 



ven- simple process, iiuleed. after it is untlerstood. The ammonia after ahsorltiiiL; its quota ol 
heat, a-aiii becomes liquid, an. 1 is capable of performing the same s.-rvice indefinitely. 

Ilvclruulir Engine Company. ^^'^^'^ ">'^''--''=^ ^"^'■"' ^■"■'^i'^">-' "^ ^'"^ ^'^>-' '"""- 

^ ' factures and sells its hydraulic en-ine, or ram, for 

supplyin- water to small towns, f.ictories, steam mills, dairies, stock-yards, etc. M. A. Rife is 
president; B. L. (""ireider is secretar\-. Its capit.d stock is §50,000. 

TKp Old Dominion PIiono^RvpIi fo. '^ ^'"'"^^ ^^ ^'""' '"'"'""^ "'^" ^'"""'^' ""' 

other points in the region, their instruments 
being in great demanti. 

TKp hiYOYj Servicp "^ ^'^^ '"y =^ '^'•^^-'^'•'^^' ^' "^""'"■'' "^ "•^•' ^'i^;'''!^^;' ^"^^'I^^^ 'j'^]^ 

hired when wanted. Rxcellent s.uldle horses are plentiful, this f,.rm of exercise being 
especially popular. 

FiYP Millions IX YPc^F. ^-"•1>' «^5.000.0C« a year are p.ud out m wages m Roanoke by 
the impurt.mt enteri)rises, stor<- keepers, hotels .ind otiler 



inti'ixsts (loin- l)iisincss licrc and in tin- vicinity. TIil- Norfolk .in.i Western Railroad head 
the list with nearly S^^-OOO.OOO to their various employees. The Machine \V..rks pai.l out a half 
million dollars, in round numbers, durin- iSS.j. These two make up onedialf the amount alone. 
Then there is the Shenandoah Willey rn.ul which als,, pays out S^.xi.ooo in twelve nuuiths. 
The Crozer Steel and iron Compau)-. the American Hrid-e W,.rks, the Rolhu- Mill and other 
leadin- industries make up the l.alance. A lar,t;e part ..f the money, ne.nl,v all in f.ict, is spent 
in Ro.moke, an.l tlu- new nulustries that are constantly bein- st.irt.'d here m.ike the .imount 



Roaimkc Biuck Muri)i(' Co. ^';';;^;;;"":;;;; "";/';^;; '^;;"'7'! 7.'.'';';"l';i';| ;;| 

i',otet..urt fount\-. \-,i.. on the Shen.mdo.ih Wdley k.iiln,,L,l, K. uules north ..f k,,,,noke City. 
The Mflicer-, .ire: President, Ik 1.. (irei.ler; vice-president. R. S. I'm. swell: lie.tsurc-r, Wm. V. 
Winch: secret. iry. 11. 11. Creider. The report ,.f tw.. m.irble men o.ne fnun New N'ork. the 
Mtlur fr.mi M.nvl.nid. IuIIn- deiiioiist r.iles th.it this stone is su|.erior to the lul-ium: th.u it is 
stron.nr: th.it it is susceptible of ,i hi-lur polish, ,iud th.il it will t.iki- the che.iper ..r .icid 
finish. Tlu- m.irble is of .i line even .|ii.ilit\-, \ cry e:isily w.rked ,il .pi'"|-.v, .md free fn .m uhitc 
se.ims, spots or tliws. The m.irbh- .aitcrops for ne.irly .i .punier of .i mile, ,iud from tlu 



manner ni which :t stands in iniari}', Ijciiil; pcrpcmliciilar, it is incxhaust iIjIl. Ihr iMni[ian)' 
is working; <i laryc forcr in drxclDpinL; the |>n jjx-it}-, and will snon be in position to place 
their niaihle on the market. The main office is in Roanoke, V.i. 

TIiP Commprricvl CI"!^- ''"'"'" '' '"^ ''"-" "' '''': """ "' '''" i'"''''-'^'-; ^^'-i- 

memliers all leaclin- citizen- — nKiy properl_\- entertain -entlenien from other points scckinL; 
inform, ition as to the .Klvantayes Ro.moke offers to iiuestors. 

Mr. Hinton Helper, the able Sonthern journ.ilist, who now represents Ro.mokr ,it the 
centers of Northern in.histry, h.is been acti\el\- eii-.i^ed with the co-oper.ition of se\'er.il 
citizens in perfectin- <letails for the formation of the club. 

The Iculin- object of the club will be ,, sxstem.itic effort to make Ro.un.ke still 
more widely known to the world .it lar-e. 

The ch.irter members are: ]'. L. Terry, Joseph II. .S.m.K, R. II. W,„„l,iim, Jas. S. 
.Simm..ns, H. S. Tnait, K. H. .Stewait, llmton Helper, J. M. Cmibill and Dr. Joseph II. G.de. 

All)- inform. ition rey.irdin-' Ro.iiioke, or cojjies of this book, m.iy be iL)t. lined b\- 
applying or writing to the secretary of the Commercial Club of Ro.moke. 



5(»n?.<' ol lli<* ()IIi(>r (^()inpcvniP5 LoccvIpcI II(>r(>. 



IS Urns. & Payne Briik Co., 
: Land and linprovcnu-nt C'l 
ii an Hriil[;>- and Machine O 



lan and Building As; 
Manufacturing C..., 



■liu.ldingand Loan Asso> 
■ BiuKlini; and Conveyance 

I'.irk Land Co., - ' - 
•idc Land Co.. - - 



ivM.inMkc Land and Improvement Co., 
k. in kr Lecture Bureau, 
RM,iii"kc .Manufacturing Co., 
K,..,nokc Opera House 'Co., - 
Roanoke Spike Factory, - 
Roanoke Transfer Co., - 
South Roanoke Land Co., 

¥)>.■ ■l'rn«'p'n:.l "iSniliiinT Awocilulo! 



(^^^^ — The Author desires to gratefully acknowl- 
edge the courtesy of the Publishers of the 
Roanoke Daily Times, from the coluvius of which 
much of the information herein has been, with their 
consent, transferred to these pages. 

Many of the illustrations used are taken by author- 
'ity of the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, 
from their new " Reference Book." 



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Containing an outline of its 
^^Iemvironmentresources.develdpement 

PROSPECTS AND SUBSTANTIAL 
gk'NDUCEMENTS Tq4:APITALIN TME YEAR 



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